Fort Lauderdale
In Fort Lauderdale, Stacie Schmerling is a partner and co-business unit leader of the Justice for Kids Division — the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services for abused, disabled and catastrophically injured children. She specializes in foster care and disabled persons damages, civil rights, personal injury, and child welfare litigation. Among her “wins” in 2023 was a $15 million verdict against the Florida Department of Children & Families for negligent investigation, one of the largest jury awards of its kind in Florida history.